NIR flaring of the QSO PKS0130-17
ATel #3222; L. Carrasco, A. Carraminana, A. Porras, E. Recillas, G. Escobedo, Y. D. Mayya (INAOE, Mexico)
on 16 Mar 2011; 11:10 UT
Credential Certification: LUIS CARRASCO (carrasco@inaoep.mx)
Subjects: Radio, Infra-Red, Optical, X-ray, Gamma Ray, VHE, AGN, Blazar, Quasar
We report the ongoing NIR flare of the radio source BZQJ0132-1654 a z=1.02, a QSO also known as CGRaBS J0132-165. On February 10th,2011 (JD 2455602.607766), we detected a strong NIR source coincident with the radio position. We determined the flux from this object to correspond to H = 13.993 +/- 0.02. That is 2.4 mag brighter than our previous observations on JD2455208.618943,when we determined a flux in H = 16.442 +/- 0.09. Henceforth, this QSO has had a significant increase in flux by a factor of 10 during the last year. Observations were carried out with the 2.1m telescope of the Guillermo Haro Observatory of the National Institute for Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics (Mexico), equipped with the instrument CANICA a NIR camera. We encourage further multi wavelength coverage.
